News & Notes

The annual Journal News All-Star teams are pretty much locked in at this point, and the stories will run next week. In collecting information for the boys team, I came across some bits and pieces of news to pass along.

So in no particular order …

Iona Prep junior attackman John Castellano led the CHSAA with 51 goals and 87 points. … Joe Wood scored 61 goals for Bronxville this season despite spending nearly 15 quarters on the sideline watching blowouts. He is heading for Washington & Lee. … The program has only been underway since 2006, but Luke D’Alessandro pretty much owns the Hastings record book. He’s tops in career goals (168) and points (211), and owns the marks for most goals in a game (10) and season (68). D’Alessandro is heading for Sacred Heart. … Dan Spies was named Long Stick Middie of the Year in the Catholic A League. The senior at Stepinac has also received a USMA appointment. Crusaders’ leading scorer Shaun Hanlon was also class valedictorian. … Hen Hud senior Cole D’Addario recently signed a letter of intent to play at Pace University. … Jack Near played all but the first three games of the season for Bronxville with a torn labrum. … Yorktown is losing its all-time leading goal-scorer in Kevin Interlicchio, but returns three of its top five scorers in Ty Schult (25 goals, 10 assists) Nick Mariano (20 goals, 10 assists) and Conor Gately (nine goals and 23 assists). … Nanuet teammates Tyler Esposito and Greg Mooney will be playing together at Union College next spring. … Lakeland/Panas junior Conor Prunty has committed to Siena.

Mike Dougherty has been covering sports in the Lower Hudson Valley for the last 25 years. After writing extensively about local high school and college athletics for The Journal News and LoHud.com, he spent a decade on the Knicks beat. Mike has also filed stories from the Final Four, NBA Finals, U.S. Open, PGA Championship and World Series. He graduated from Slippery Rock University after spending two years at Kennedy Catholic in Somers and now lives in Brewster.

1 Comment

Lion

Rockland All-Stars. Saw list in Sunday’s paper, will it be linked to blog site? Overall it’s good. Just some comments.

1. Couldn’t the South and Nyack coach find honorable mention slots for injured seniors Sean Day and Parker Devoe. I think they played at least half the season before injury. Certainly among the best players in the county the last 2 years.

2. Not a single Clarkstown North or Albertus Magnus player. It’s a small county, only 8 schools play lax. I saw North play, they had some good players, and a good goalie. Not even an honorable mention. The coaches or AD of those schools should take note.